GNU bug report logs - #11216
23.4; parenthesis matching breaks on certain complex expressions

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Nathan Trapuzzano <nbtrap <at> nbtrap.com>

Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2012 00:21:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: notabug

Found in version 23.4

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #8 received at 11216 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
To: Nathan Trapuzzano <nbtrap <at> nbtrap.com>
Cc: 11216 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#11216: 23.4;
	parenthesis matching breaks on certain complex expressions
Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2012 09:09:21 +0200

Nathan Trapuzzano <nbtrap <at> nbtrap.com> writes:

> Matching gets messed up with the open parenthesis immediately following
> the first (?<!S\d). I suspect this is due to the opening double-quote
> about 10 characters later.

No, it's because < has open paren syntax, but there is no matching
close paren.  This is not a bug.  You need to use a suitable syntax
table that doesn't make < a paren syntax.

Andreas.

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